Dr. Rudolph Valier Alvarado has been writing about history since 1993.
    He holds a Fine Arts Ph.D. from Texas Tech University and an M.A. in
    history from Eastern Michigan University, where he was a University
    Fellow and a Parks/King/Chavez Fellow. His work has been published
    by University of Michigan Press, Arte Publico Press, Alpha Books of
    New York, Michigan State University Press, Texas A&M University
    Press and California Thoroughbred. His first book about
    Thoroughbred horse racing, The Untold Story of Joe Hernandez: The
    Voice of Santa Anita, won the 2009 Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award and
    has been named a finalist for a number of national book awards.
    Rudolph lives in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where he was recently named the
    CEO and publisher of Caballo Press of Ann Arbor.

    Dr. Alvarado at Keeneland Race Track
    book signing. Later that evening his
    biography on Joe Hernandez won the
    2009 Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award. The
    award recognizes Thoroughbred Horse
    Racing's Book of the Year.

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